Easy access hand covering

Abstract

A hand covering that uses three temporarily securable flaps on its back portion to provide for the extremely easy ingress and egress of a hand while allowing the invention to remain positioned securely upon the wrist throughout, the hand covering having palm, back, and finger portions in the general manner of a standard mitten or glove, the back portion having a first and second flap opposite one another to grip the user's wrist, and a third flap, which normally covers an exit hole for the hand, located opposite the more fingerward end of the second flap, and connecting to the second flap; when the user desires to extract his or her hand from the glove, he or she need only perform a metacarpel flexion motion with the hand and pull upon the finger portion, causing the second and third flaps to unfasten, and creating an automatic point of egress for the hand, the first flap, not affected by the action in the knuckle region, remaining securely fastened to the lower, wristward portion of the third flap, and therefore providing a consistent grip upon the wrist throughout the process of egress; manner of ingress being simply the reverse.

We claim: 
     
       1. A hand coveting to permit a user easy hand access thereto and to permit a user to temporarily and quickly extract a hand from the hand covering while retaining the hand covering secured to a wrist of the user comprising: a finger portion for covering the user's fingers;   a thumb and palm portion connected to said finger portion for covering the thumb and palm portion of a user's hand, said thumb and palm portion having a first edge and a second edge;   a knuckle portion connected to said finger portion, said knuckle portion normally covering the knuckles of a user when the user's fingers are located in said finger portion;   a first foldable flap hingedly connected to said first edge of said thumb and palm portion, said first flap foldable between an open condition and a closed condition;   a second foldable flap adjacent said first foldable flap, said second foldable flap hingedly connected to said first edge of said thumb and palm portion, said second flap foldable between an open condition and a closed condition; and   a third foldable flap hingedly connected to said second edge of said thumb and palm portion,said third foldable flap foldable between an open condition and a closed condition, said first foldable flap and said third foldable flap securable to each other when in a closed condition to retain the hand covering on a user, while the second foldable flap can be maintained in an open condition to form a hand opening to permit extension of a user's hand therethrough by the user performing a metacarpel flexion motion with the hand to withdraw the user's fingers from the finger portion of the hand covering.   
     
     
       2. The hand covering of claim 1 wherein said knuckle portion has a first edge for adjoining said finger portion and a second edge for engaging said second flap with an apex region for extending over the top of a user's knuckles located between said first edge for adjoining said finger portion and said second edge for engaging said second flap. 
     
     
       3. The hand covering of claim 2 wherein said knuckle portion second edge extends sufficiently far so as to completely cover the user's knuckles but not so far as to impede the withdrawal of the user's hand by performing a metacarpel flexion motion with the hand while the user's hand is located in the hand covering. 
     
     
       4. The hand covering of claim 3 wherein said knuckle portion has sufficient width so as to integrally hold said finger stalls in a contiguous section. 
     
     
       5. The hand coveting of claim 4 wherein said third flap has a second edge, a third edge, and a fourth edge with temporary fasteners located there along to permit said second flap to be temporarily secured to said first flap. 
     
     
       6. The hand covering of claim 5 wherein said knuckle portion includes fastening means for temporarily securing a portion of said second flap thereto. 
     
     
       7. The hand covering of claim 1 wherein said first foldable flap has a first edge so that when said first :foldable flap is in a closed condition, said first foldable flap is located entirely on the wrist region of a user to permit the bending of the user's hand without affecting the position of the hand covering on the user's hand. 
     
     
       8. The hand coveting of claim 1 wherein said second foldable flap and said third foldable flap form an opening that extends from said first edge of said palm and thumb portion sufficiently far so as to permit removal of all the fingers from said finger portion by the user curling the fingers of hand inside said hand covering and pulling lightly upon the finger portion. 
     
     
       9. The hand covering of claim 5 wherein said second flap and said third flap extend toward each other with a portion of said third flap having means for engaging a portion of said second flap to hold said flaps proximate each other. 
     
     
       10. A hand coveting to permit a user easy hand access thereto and to permit a user to extract the user's hand from the hand covering while on-the-go while retaining the hand covering secure, d to a wrist of the user comprising: a finger portion for covering the user's fingers;   a thumb and palm portion connected to said finger portion for covering the thumb and palm portion of a user's hand, said thumb and palm portion having a first edge and a second edge;   a knuckle portion connected to said finger portion, said knuckle portion normally covering the apex of knuckles of a user when the user's fingers are located in said finger portion;   a first foldable flap hingedly connected to said first edge of said thumb and palm portion, said first foldable flap foldable between an open condition and a closed condition;   a second foldable flap adjacent said first foldable flap, said second foldable flap hingedly connected to said first edge of said thumb and palm portion, said second foldable flap foldable between an open condition and a closed condition; and   a third foldable flap hingedly connected to said second edge of said thumb and palm portion, said third foldable flap foldable and said knuckle region cooperating to form an opening therebetween which is large enough for a user's hand to extend therethrough when said third foldable flap is in a dose condition, said third foldable flap and said second foldable flap having temporary fastening means for being temporarily secured to each other to secure the hand covering to the wrist of a user to permit the hand covering to be worn and secured thereto when the hand of the user is not located in the hand coveting.   
     
     
       11. The hand covering of claim 10 wherein the opening formed by said third foldable flap and said knuckle region extends substantially to a center line extending though a finger stall for the pinky finger of the user's hand. 
     
     
       12. The hand covering of claim 10 wherein an edge of the knuckle portion extends approximately one half inch beyond a center line extending through the apex of the knuckle portion of said hand coveting. 
     
     
       13. A hand covering to permit a user easy hand access thereto and to permit a user to extract the user's hand from the hand covering while on-the-go while retaining the hand covering secured to a wrist of the user comprising: a finger portion for covering the user's fingers;   a thumb and palm portion connected to said finger portion for coveting the thumb and palm portion of a user's hand, said thumb and palm portion having a first edge and a second edge;   a knuckle portion connected to said finger portion, said knuckle portion normally covering the apex of knuckles of a user when the user's fingers are located in said finger portion;   a first foldable flap, said first foldable flap foldable between an open condition and a closed condition;   a second foldable flap adjacent said first foldable flap said second foldable flap foldable between an open condition and a closed condition; and   a further portion connected to said thumb and palm portion, said further portion and said knuckle region cooperating to form an opening therebetween which is large enough for a user's hand to: extend therethrough when said second foldable flap is in an open condition, said further portion and said second foldable flap having temporary fastening means for being temporarily secured to each other to secure the hand coveting to the wrist of a user to permit the hand covering to be worn and retained when the hand of the user is not located in the hand covering.